Bring your own camera or use one of ours and make a pinhole photograph in the darkroom.
1pm $5.00 per person materials included.
Reservations required, email aliceaustenhouse@aol.com or call 718-816-4506 x10
This is an international event created to promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography. Share your photographs and cameras. On this unique day, we encourage people throughout the world to take some time off from the increasingly technological world we live in and to participate in the simple act of making a pinhole photograph and to share their visions and help spread the unusual beauty of this historical photographic process.
$5.00 materials fee (pre-registration is required)
Opening Reception, Foreclosed: Documents from the American Housing Crisis
From 2 -6 P.M. all are welcome to attend
On May 11th, 12th and 13th the Alice Austen House Museum will be hosting a Mother’s Day Art and Crafts Fair. It will take place from 11am-5pm all three days. Admission is free!
If you are struggling to find a gift for mom, the Alice Austen House Museum may be able to help. Get out and enjoy a great day overlooking the Narrows. Find unique fine art and crafts items to purchase. Vendors will be offering handmade, one of a kind rare pieces, just in time for Mother’s Day!
Come peruse the different arts and crafts and enjoy the panoramic view from the Statue of Liberty all the way to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. For more information please contact the Alice Austen House Museum at aliceaustenhouse@aol.com or 718-816-4506 x10.
2nd Saturdays of every month: May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, November 10 from 2:30-5:00 PM
Bring your own camera, or grab one of ours, and walk away with your own artwork!
Courses include materials
No experience or cameras needed
Develop your knowledge of photography
Including portfolio development, history, fine art techniques, professional lighting & light painting.
Contact Sara Signorelli, Director of Museum Services at 718-816-4506 x10 or aliceaustenhouse@aol.com for registration or scholarships fee is $20 per class.
New York State Women of Richmond County fundraiser and membership tea and gathering Noon - 4 PM
Carl Rutberg will be speaking at the event, all are welcome. It is a time to celebrate women who have made and are making history.
Price will be $25.00.
Contact Joan Dalton Googie781@aol.com 917-226-1576 or home 718-351-4796
Proceeds from the event will help support local charities and causes.
Formerly known as the Business and Professional Women's (BPW) Clubs, the mission of NYS Women is to help women develop personally, professionally and politically through advocacy, education and information. The group meets on the second Wednesday of each month at Bella Vita Cafe, Dongan Hills.
Learn the basics of digital photography and leave with some great photos. If you don't have a camera, don't worry, we provide everything, individualized instruction will be given to those who bring their own cameras. Enjoy photographing in the picturesque Alice Austen park, learn some new photography techniques and how to make creative compositions. $40 fee includes prints and use of cameras
The Alice Austen House Museum is proud to support Blue Star Museum program beginning Memorial Day weekend and conclude Labor Day weekend. Active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families can enjoy free admission during the summer of 2012!
(photo on right is Austen's image taken in 1893. Her notes: The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; Summer; Illinois; travel; soldiers lined up)
The project will restore the Victorian garden at the Alice Austen Park through an educational fundraising event for families to come to the park for a lecture and environmental craft activity. We will remove the tree stumps of the fallen trees left from the storms over the years. The tree stumps are an eye sore for the Alice Austen Park and dangerous for kids, senior citizens and pets. We will increase the beauty of the park by creating a small garden in the spots of the stumps. More info will come soon.
Alice Austen was one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers. Dating back to 1690, her home, “Clear Comfort”, is one of the oldest in New York City and sits in a park with panoramic views that stretch from the Statue Liberty and Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn and, on a clear day, Coney Island. Alice Austen, photographer, world traveller, independent native New Yorker, was also the founder and first president of the Staten Island Garden Club (founded in 1914 as the first garden club on Staten Island – First District in NY State). While she wasn't photographing people from all walks of life around the city and traveling abroad, she was on her hands and knees with a shovel.
Help us restore her beautiful garden to its full majesty. Your support goes directly towards restoring the gardens & education programs pertaining to the park grounds.
For sponsorship opportunities please email aliceaustenhouse@aol.com
The Pug Dog Club of Greater New York, Inc. will host the Annual Alice Austen Educational Pug Fun-Fundraiser Day for People & Their Pugs on Sunday, June 10, 2012 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., on the beautiful, historic, waterfront grounds of the Alice Austen House in Staten Island. This fun day has been reserved by the Pug Club for all Pugs, Pug owners and friends that love Pugs for the last 30 +/- years to honor Alice and her Pug, Punch. This year the Club is inviting other Toy breeds to join them.
The Pug Club will be having free fun events throughout the day that people can choose to participate in with their Pugs, or just hang out in a picnic type atmosphere with old and new Pug friends.
The events include the AKC Canine Good Citizen test (CGC) open to Pugs & Toy breeds, an obedience demo, a Pug Photography Workshop, where the winners of the Club's Pug Photo Contest will be announced, a fun Pug Show Ring
Judging and their famous and hilarious Pug Costume Contest. Ribbons & prizes for all events will be given and there will be an amazing Raffle drawing loaded with great stuff for people and their Pugs.
Food & snacks will be for sale at the Pug Club lunchtime BBQ, or bring your own picnic lunch.
Donation/Admission is $5.00, Children under 12 - Free - All Events Are Free
For further information, please contact
Lezlie Dono, President, The Pug Dog Club of Greater New York, Inc., 718-645-3722, (email) lezelz@yahoo.com
Our “Dancing with the Stars” galas on the lawn of the Alice Austen House Museum have not only been a lot of fun, for guests and dancers alike, but they have also raised much needed funds, says Dr. Carl Rutberg, Executive Director.
Of course, the success of the evening rests with the stars. We need people who are gutsy enough and generous enough to step out on the dance floor. It takes a special person to do that. Fortunately, we have plenty of those on Staten Island.
The Gala takes place on June 23. And Gala Chairs are Jo-Ann Callan and Caroline Ferreri.
Paul Scamardella is the smiling face greeting you at Café del Mondo restaurant in Willowbrook. In addition he is the gift shop manager at Matthew Monument, Flower & Gift Shop. Scamardella is also a long-standing member of the North Shore Rotary and has served as a volunteer at many non-profit organizations.
Cory Schifter owns and manages Casale Jewelers in Dongan Hills. Named one of SIEDC’s “40 Under 40”, Schifter is very active in the Staten Island Community being a member of the South Shore Rotary and raising money for the American Cancer Society and Cooley’s Anemia. He is also a proud member of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce.
Attorney and mediator Lisa Giovinazzo is the Legal Director of Staten Island Divorce & Mediation Center. A member of the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals, Giovinazzo offers divorcing couples a peaceful parting of the ways. Her efforts don’t stop at her office door as she is a contributing mediator for the New York Center for Interpersonal Development in their Parenting Program.
Gina Biancardi, is the founder of the wonderful Casa Belvedere.
Lillian Lagazzo is the former Executive Assistant to Borough President James P. Molinaro. A civil servant for over four decades, Lagazzo has also been a key adviser to former Borough President Guy V. Molinari, District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. and Congressman Michael G. Grimm. In addition to serving New York City, Lagazzo is an avid pet-lover
You will recognize Mara Montalbano from her “Staten Island News Now” segment on NY1 News. Montalbano has been an anchor and videojournalist there since 2005. She is often spotted around the Island covering stories that affect local residents, businesses and politics. Montalbano is a recipient of the SIEDC’s Top 20 Under 40 Leadership Award and the Media Award from the Iron Hills Civic Association.
July 16 — 20, 2012 from 10am - 12 noon
Greetings, eye contact, speaking clearly, table manners, kindness, helping others and more! Lots of fun and terrific for development of social and communication skills.
$150 plus $10 registration fee
Learn basic photography using our digital cameras and printers! We will do self portraits, portraits, landscapes and Victorian dress vignettes as well as make your own pin hole cameras!
Session #1: July 23-27, 2012 from 9:30am to 12:30pm
(A second session may be added August 6-10, 2012 if there are enough students)
Cost $175 plus $10 registration fee
Table manners, social etiquette and communication skills, a fun filled week that's great for boosting confidence and leadership skills.
July 30-August 3, 2012 from 9: 30AM - 12:30PM
Cost: $175.00 plus $10 registration fee
